<p>The Vatican Museums can boast the world's most beautiful frescoes, but just what is a fresco?</p>

The Vatican Museums can boast the world's most beautiful frescoes, but just what is a fresco?

69. Of Frescoes and a Schedule Change Mini Pod

Get Ready for Rome helps the thoughtful traveler prepare to visit the Eternal City by introducing the city’s main monuments and the sometimes acrimonious dialogue they imply. Add value to your visit to Rome by getting to know in advance the ideas and history that stand behind St. Peter’s Basilica, the Colosseum, the Sistine Chapel and other familiar but put poorly understood sites of one of the world’s greatest cities.

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